Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,500.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

IQ

Cons:

$$

Good Lens, Very sharp
It maks canon become nikon feeling

kinematic

Registered: October 2008Posts: 13

Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM review by kinematic

Review Date: 1/7/2011

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $1,600.00| Rating: 10

Pros:

Very sharp lens, gorgeous build, amazing low light performance.

Cons:

Nothing major, but the lens hood is a touch too loose.

Currently my favourite prime to use. On my full frame this is such a versatile lens and I love the look it gives. It's not overly wide that it starts to distort like ultra wides, but it's wide enough to cover a good landscape shot, or to do fantastic environmental portait shots. I would defer to genotypewriter for his expertise on this lens. He has had a lot of experience with this lens.

I really enjoy using this lens for late night astro photography based landscapes. Several friends of mine also use this lens for that kind of application and it's just such a treat to use.

I own several wide angle lenses (17-40L, 16-35L II, 14mm Prime) and it's one of the sharpest of the lot - the 14mm actually is a touch sharper.

As per SLR Gear's review, the vignetting is a bit extreme wide open, but it's very desirable to me. Even wide open this lens is pretty impressively sharp.

I also occasionally use this on a crop camera (7D) and it's actually quite nice on that camera as well. vignette is more reduced and it acts more like a 35mm would on my 5DmkII but I can't say too much more about this lens other than buy it!

genotypewriter

Registered: November 2008Posts: 12

Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM review by genotypewriter

Review Date: 6/14/2010

Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10

Pros:

very sharp and extremely handholdable

Cons:

nothing specific to this lens

Here is my very detailed review of the 24L II vs. Nikon 24mm f/1.4G (both on a 5D MkII):